Sunday, July 27, 2008

A nuclear power plant

Driving through New York, I spotted this power plant. I thought it must be a nuclear power plant, and checking Google Maps, yup, it's the Indian Point nuclear power plant. Called the Indian Point Energy Center, probably because it sounds more benign.

It was getting dark, and I thought about hanging around until they turned the lights on. I bet it looks cool at night. But I didn't feel too safe, parked on the side of the highway. And I was afraid someone might think I was a terrorist or something, so I moved on.

4 comments:

Anonymous
said...

What highway was that, by the way? (No highway actually goes past Indian Point Energy Center). The energy center is hidden away on side roads, and not viewable from any major road. The campus includes many types of generation devices, including diesels, batteries, and gas turbines. Therefore the name.

What would be dangerous, would be to NOT HAVE the energy center in operation.Without its operation NYC would go dark, leaving the stock exchange, the UN, all the theaters, and all the hospitals helpless.

If you wish to visit, simply call the Entergy public relations officer, and request a tour. I'm sure you would find that a lot more satisfying than writing innaccurate, silly speculations in this blog!

I can't remember which highway it was. But I think it's obvious from the photo that it's not one that goes past the power plant. It's one across the river from the plant. 9W? 202? PIP? One of those. A fairly major highway, and the plant was in fact viewable. Very much so.

What silly, inaccurate speculations did I post? I just posted a photo, with very little text at all. You act like I called for the eradication of nuclear power or something.